Hi,

WE HAVE A WINDOWS IIS SERVER with windows 2008 R2.We want to create a failover for the same which is member of some domain.We want the data sync between these two and failover is required.

Can some body explain how could i achieve this.

Thanx in advance

You would not use failover clustering for IIS. Instead you should investigate network load balancing. Windows has a built in feature for this. To keep files in sync you can use dfs replication between the two servers for web files and then use IIS Shared Configuration to keep the web server configuration in sync. You also use dfs replication for the new shared configuration files.

Noah is correct that Network Load Balancing is the most common way to configure high availability for web services.  DFS is one way to ensure web server configuration in sync.  Another is to store the files on a highly available file share.

Though it is not common nor the recommended way to configure IIS high availability, it is possible to use Failover Clustering.  You use the option to create a highly available service.

Start by getting an understanding of what failover clustering is - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831579.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396  Base requirements is two or more hosts joined to an Active Directory domain with some sort of shared storage between them.

Hi,

WE HAVE A WINDOWS IIS SERVER with windows 2008 R2.We want to create a failover for the same which is member of some domain.We want the data sync between these two and failover is required.

Can some body explain how could i achieve this.

Thanx in advance

You can do IIS in a Windows Failover Cluster. See:

Deploying IIS on a Failover Cluster

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/clustering/archive/2009/06/01/9674799.aspx

...however it's not the best idea. IIS (like SQL Server and Exchange) comes with own uptime increase features not based on using "shared storage" concept. Please see how to move on specifically to IIS here:

Build a Web Farm with IIS Servers

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/JJ129543.aspx

Load Balancing Web Servers with Windows Server 2012 R2

http://www.serverlab.ca/tutorials/windows/web-servers/load-balancing-web-servers-with-windows-server-2012-r2/

Hope this helped :)